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Electric utilities serving St. Louis County, Minnesota
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
St. Louis County, Minnesota, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 12 utilities for 2024; ALLETE, Inc., Lake Country Power and Hibbing Public Utilities Comm are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 15.66¢ to 17.90¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 16.78¢, against a Minnesota average of 15.45¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Minnesota customers, not for this county alone.
The median SAIDI they reported was 246.2 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Minnesota utilities reporting was 76.7.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 200,518. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Minnesota operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLETE, Inc. | Investor-owned | 125,896 | 15.66¢ | $101.99 | 119.9 | 119.9 |
| Lake Country Power | Cooperative | 47,204 | 17.90¢ | $148.34 | 372.5 | 187.8 |
| Hibbing Public Utilities Comm short form | Municipal | 8,331 | — | — | — | — |
| North Star Electric Coop, Inc short form | Cooperative | 6,957 | — | — | — | — |
| Cooperative L&P Assn Lake County short form | Cooperative | 6,515 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Virginia short form | Municipal | 4,982 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Ely short form | Municipal | 2,117 | — | — | — | — |
| Proctor Public Utilities Comm short form | Municipal | 1,453 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Mountain Iron short form | Municipal | 1,249 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Gilbert short form | Municipal | 969 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Biwabik short form | Municipal | 611 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Buhl short form | Municipal | 538 | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Minnesota. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Hibbing Public Utilities Comm 15.05¢, North Star Electric Coop, Inc 15.19¢, Cooperative L&P Assn Lake County 15.53¢, City of Virginia 13.54¢, City of Ely 9.15¢, Proctor Public Utilities Comm 11.67¢, City of Mountain Iron 10.60¢, City of Gilbert 10.21¢, City of Biwabik 11.87¢, City of Buhl 10.41¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing St. Louis County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 16.78¢ median | 15.45¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $125.17 median | $110.06 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 246.2 median | 76.7 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 153.9 median | 56.9 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 12 | 46 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in St. Louis County itself.
Population: 200,518 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,784 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Minnesota counties
- Rice County 5
- Rock County 4
- Roseau County 5
- Scott County 5
- Sherburne County 6
- Sibley County 9
- Stearns County 9
- Steele County 5
- Stevens County 5
- Swift County 6
- Todd County 9
- Traverse County 2
All 87 counties and every Minnesota utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in St. Louis County?
ALLETE, Inc., Lake Country Power, Hibbing Public Utilities Comm, North Star Electric Coop, Inc, Cooperative L&P Assn Lake County and City of Virginia and 6 more list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in St. Louis County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 15.66¢ to 17.90¢ per kilowatthour across their Minnesota customers in 2024; the state average was 15.45¢.
How reliable is power in St. Louis County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 246.2 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 153.9 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.